Convention of State School Heads to Discuss Industrial Education
The Indiana City and Town Superintendents association meets in Indianapolis November 7 to 9 to debate industrial education. Notables include Edward Cooley and Charles Prosser, with the Indiana commission to report to the general assembly. The meeting covers vocational education, elementary school changes, and legislative recommendations. Delegates to the National Roads congress are named by Governor Marshall. A health note denies water as a typhoid source. Upcoming Twenty Fifth Indiana Christian Endeavor convention is planned for October 24-27 with speakers from multiple states and a large chorus.
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Indianapolis
Indiana City and Town Superintendents’ Association
John A. Lapp
State Legislative Reference Library
Indiana Commission On Industrial Education
H. L. Smith
Bloomington
Superintendents' Association
Edward Cooley
Chicago
Europe
Charles Prosser
New Albany
Ind
National Society For ‘the Promotion of Industrial Education
Indiana Commission
General Assembly
Assembly
Superintendents’ Association
Indiana
Association
Commission
Belects Roads
Marshall
National Roads Congress
Atlantic City
E. Pittinger
Muncie
M. E. Rowley
Gary
N. D. Brandt
Brownaville
Charles S. Hornley
Newcastle
J. N. Davis
Rising Sun
W. V. Rooker
Noblesville
Charles C. Brown
Carl G. Fisher
Henry W. Klausmann
Charles Maguire
W. FE. Ryker
Hanover
Walter
Richmond
J. J. Netterville
Anderson
BR. Shively
Marion
Frank N. Gavit
Whiting
Florence F. Lanham
Indiana Christian Endeavor Union
Indianapolia
J. Elbert Russell
Earlham College
Ira Landrith
Nashville
Union
Shaw
C. T. Paul
College of Missions
Stephen J. Corey
Cincinnati
Foreign Christian Missionary Society
Union Christian Endeavor
Howard KB. Grose
Boston
Board of
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Charles Allen
Philadelphia
Huber Ferguson
Mansfield
Bad School Loans Cost State Seven Thousand Dollars
The state sustained about 7000 dollars in losses from bad loans in common and congressional township school funds last year. Unsafe investments total around 16000 dollars across counties, with sales of unsold congressional lands reducing totals. The current congressional township fund held in trust totals 2475 856 dollars with unsold land valued at 57625 dollars.
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Congressional Township
Charles A. Greathouse
John J. Hoffman
Greathouse
Congressional Fund
State Board of Accounts
Indiana Considers Penal Farm After First Commission Meeting
The 1911 legislature appointed commission held its initial session at the board of state charities. J. J. Netterville led the legislative committee which set three tasks: publicity, cross state penal forms study, and drafting a bill. The group agreed Indiana needs a penal farm with senators Netterville Hibberd and representatives Carter Carr Rupe Combs Loomis among members.
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Board of State Charities
Indiana
State Conference of Charities
J. J. Netterville
Legislative Commission
Anderson
John A. Hibberd
South Bend
Mord Carter
FB. C. Carr
John L. Rupe
Richmond
Joseph Combs
Frankfort
F. D. Loomis
Indianapolis
Turning Back the Clock in Civil Service Debate
The piece attacks the Clark Underwood plan as a step toward rent service clearances and spoils tactics. It denounces Democratic attempts to undermine merit system reforms and warns that party office seekers favor patronage over civil service principles.
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Clark-Underwood
Civil Service Reform
Buncombe
United States
Champ Clark
Suitor Kills Girl and Hangs Self in Vincennes Tragedy
Vincennes Indiana September 23 Miss Lucille May 17 is shot and killed by suitor Thomas Davis 36 who then jams his pistol in the street he hangs himself in jail later Davis claimed to be ex middleweight champion Harry Hactor from London England The couple had planned marriage letters found show intent and the girl s mother Mrs Helen May of Paris Missouri was shocked at the tragedy The May home is in Paris Missouri both bodies lie at the morgue
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Vincennes
Ind
Lucille May
Thomas Davis
Davis
London
England
Harry Hactor
T. H. Davis
Bridgeville
Miss May
Helen K. May
Mays
Paris
Toth
May Girl
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mystery Bride Record Erased at County Clerk Office
A mysterious visitor to the Franklin county clerk’s office sought a marriage license record for John Brown claiming to forget the bride’s name. She erased a date digit in the Whitcomb Long license dated October 21, 1882 issued by Klnood Avery, then county clerk, and departed unseen.
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Frankfort
Sept. Zu
John Brown
Isaac M. Whitcomb
Lilie Long
Whitcomb-Long
Lcense
Klnood Avery
Indianapoli
Lillie Long
Fight in Courtroom at Princeton Under Grand Jury Probe
In Princeton on September 20 the grand jury investigates a courtroom fight between Chief of Police Haley and attorney J B Gamble. Haley testified in a case and was pressed by Gamble. Haley sprang from his seat and knocked Gamble down before Mayor Davidson and Prosecutor Trapper separated them. An old grudge is alleged as the motive.
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Princeton
Betewven
Haley
J. B. Gamble
Gamble
Davidson
Trapper
Body Found in Symaria Cemetery Near Linton
Joshua Baya, sixty five, was found dead Saturday afternoon in the Symaria cemetery near Linton by 5. D. Neal. The death is reported as an apparent natural end, details remain scarce.
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Linton
Joshua Baya
Symaria
5. D. Neal
Deserted Soldier Recalled from Mitchell to Army Post
Warrants indicate tarry Shepard of Mitchell was arrested by Marshal Walker and taken to Indianapolis after deserting the army two years ago. He was dishonorably discharged due to his youth.
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Weserter
Army
Bedford
Tarry Shepard
Mitchell
Indianapolis
Marshal Walker
Shepard
Hatchet Attack Leaves Man Critical in Anderson
George Greer, 54, suffered critical injuries after an assault with a hatchet by his son-in-law Melvin Wenny during a quarrel in Anderson on September 23. Greer likely will not recover.
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s @kull
Anderson
George Greer
Melvin Wenny
Strangled Seneath Auto En Route to Notre Dame
Miss Ruth Mahaney sixteen died when the car overturned near Stilew ville Indiana on the way to Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame. Her mother was badly hurt and the driver Mr. Mahaney sustained minor injuries as farmers freed the trapped occupants. The Mahaneys are from Terre Haute known as Patsy Crackerjack. A separate note from Lawrenceburg reports a Texas steer disrupted a Dutch luncheon by toppling the clubhouse and wrecking the room.
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StUesville
Ind
Ruth Mahaney
Patrick Mahaney
Terre Haute
Stilewville
Texas
Lawrenceburg
Old
South Carolina
Democratic Club
Rassville Distiling Company
Arthur F. Moore Acquitted in Martinsville Murder Trial
Martinsville, Sept. 18. A jury acquitted Arthur F. Moore of Indianapolis, former policeman, in the case charging him with the March 28 murder of his partner John McKinney. The verdict ends the trial.
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A. F. Moore
Martinsville
Arthur F. Moore
Indianapolis
Iis
John McKinney
Nude body found in Ohio river by Lawrenceburg fisherman
Indiana brief reports a Lawrenceburg fisherman Neil Swango found the nude body of John W. Meyers Jr in a large fish net in the Ohio river. Meyers had drowned days earlier while swimming. his parents reside in Covington Kentucky.
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Lawrenceburg
Neil Swango
John W. Meyers
Ohio
Meyers
Cowington
Verre Haute
Building Laborers’ International Protective Union
Kokomo
Supreme Court
Howard
Lafayette
Noah Cartmill
Finley Steele
Steele
Cartmill
Washington
Lee Hamersley
Greensburg
John Weston
Letts
Weston
Samuel Hodson
Anderson
Joseph N Tait
Tait
Indiana
Bradford
Bedford
Lawrence County
Grand Jury
Maude Ping
James Ping
Ping
Mary Stump
Baltimore & Ohio
Raih Road
Dearborn
Stump
Oklahoma City
Rushville
Milroy
K. A. Richey
Columbus
Iere
Belvedere
Ralph Huffman
Huffman
Husband Fair in Belgian Village Sparks Marital Matches
In Eccusines near Brussels the tenth Husband Fair began with breakfast for eligible bachelors arriving from across Belgium. Bachelors sign the Golden Book, breakfast is served by young women led by a presidente, then tours of quarries, a church, and a 15th century castle precede a shared lunch and an official reception. Engagements and marriages cap the day as trumpets sound and dancing begins.
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Brussels
Belgium
Eccussines
Self-Help Plan for Maine Blind School
Millard W. Baldwin new head at Maine School for the Blind outlines reforms to be used next term. Blind students will be paid by piecework with board deducted weekly and a savings fund built by a percentage of earnings. Funds inaccessible without trustees' approval, to support later life. Reading of newspapers to students will occur at a designated hour in the hall. Baldwin, a New York native, previously worked in education and business in Maine.
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Portland
Millard W. Baldwin
Maine School For the Blind
New York
Maine
Treat Pimples and Blackheads with Cuticura Ointment
Gentle apply Cuticura Ointment to affected areas then wash in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Use Cuticura Soap daily to prevent inflammation and pore clogging. Free samples offered with the 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
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